Saturday, December 10, 2011

(Roanoke Times edited)
A Virginia Tech student launched an effort that as of late Friday had
raised more than $34,000 for the wife and family of fallen Virginia Tech police
Officer Deriek Crouse. Crouse was
remembered Friday by family and friends as a devoted father, a dedicated and
unflappable public servant.

Virginia Tech senior Bethany Darnley created a Facebook
event Thursday night after hearing of Crouse's death and the family he left
behind.

"It just made my heart melt. I thought that they
deserved to have a Christmas just like everyone else," she said.

On Friday, she merged her venture with a fund established
at National Bank of Blacksburg. All donations to the fund set up by Darnley
will be kept by the bank in an account in the name of Crouse's wife.

"I thought it was going to be a couple of friends, a
couple of hundred dollars max," she said. "This turned to be
something much bigger."

Darnley had never met Crouse nor spoken with his wife or
children.

It was unclear Friday how much had been raised in
donations made directly to the bank.

How to donate

Donations are accepted in person at the National
Bank of Blacksburg or by mail to:

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